Paul Krugman, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics for 2008, is an "ideologue" and a "political rookie," according to the Obama staffer's email. (AP Photo/Fredrik Persson, Scanpix Sweden)

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President Obama's campaign director in New Mexico has gone on the offensive—against liberals. Ray Sandoval sent supporters an email containing a blog post describing the debt ceiling deal as an "out-and-out win for the president," and blasting Nobel Prize-winning New York Times columnist Paul Krugman and the "Firebagger Lefty blogosphere," reports the Huffington Post. Krugman, who declared the deal a disaster, is described as a "political rookie."

The blog post, by Spandan Chakrabarti of the People's View, can be read in its entirety here. The term "Firebagger" appears to be an attempt to combine "Teabagger" and the leftist blog FireDogLake. "What exactly does Obama For America think they stand to gain by ridiculing Krugman as a ‘political rookie,’ a hysterical ‘fanatic’ and an ‘ideologue?'" asked FireDogLake author Jane Hamsher. An Obama aide said the views in Sandoval's email do not represent those of the campaign.

The democratic party feeding on its own. Or should I say the extreme left of the democratic party is feeding on the fanatical left of the democratic party? This isn't going to end well for them.

ren1999

Aug 18, 2011 10:00 AM CDT

Well, of course Obama and the White House would be angry with Krugman because they are all closet Conservative Republicans in the guise of Progressive Democrats. That is why Obama extended the Bush tax cuts for the rich and signed an agreement to extend them.

odowd80

Aug 18, 2011 9:52 AM CDT

John Stewart and Stephen Colbert's August 1 shows summed up the deal perfectly. Obama failed to get the tax increases for the rich he wanted. Republicans got pretty much everything they wanted. What is in this deal for Democrats to be excited about? Its not just the far left that's disappointed with Obama, its rank-and-file Democrats. They'd better wake up and smell the coffee.